CVE-2020-12821

Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf	Exploit Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:protocol:gossipsub:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-07-07 13:15

Updated : 2020-07-15 06:59

NVD link : CVE-2020-12821

Mitre link : CVE-2020-12821

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Products Affected

protocol

gossipsub

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